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Revision as of 11:51, 11 June 2019
Welcome to the Donnington Brewery
A helpful road sign near Stow on the Wold
The tree lined brewery approach
The picturesque limestone brewery. The swans are waiting for the spent grains
A long shot of Donnington Brewery
The brewhouse
The pagoda of the malt house disused since the 1960s
This is surely one of England's most picturesque breweries?
The weather vane
Another view of the weather vane
The River Dickler from the office window
The standby water wheel
Water powered water pumps
The gearing to drive the pumps
The belt drive and the piston for the wort pump
The wort pump drive from the other side
Detail of the wort pump
Malt is hoisted by water power
Bags of Eastern Counties Pale Malt by Crisps
Weighing the malt
The four roller Boby mill recovered from Ruddles
The Boby mill
Sacks of malt with the mash tun behind
The grist case and mash tun
Hopback beside the mash tun, mashing is driven by water power
The 450kg mash tun
Mash tun close up
Mash tun plates
Spent grain disposal - no problem
The wort underback
Up the wooden steps to the open copper
The calandria in the open copper
Another view of the open copper
The copper casting valve
The main into the hopback
The hopback
The wort receiver and paraflow heat exchanger
There is a fine sieve in the wort receiver to retain any hop powder particles
The collection vessel with very small impeller
There are six 18 brl open rounds
An FV waiting to rack
Yeast is skimmed by a pump into a large bucket
A venerable quadrant weigh scale by Salter
Fermenting records
A single station cask washer by Thonnart
Sample casks and stock for racked bright sales
Casks and polypins awaiting despatch
The bottle washer
Cases rescued from Bentleys Yorkshire Breweries at Woodlesford
A view of the bottling line
Inside the bottling hall
An old centrifuge and another belt drive
Proprieter Claude Arkell
Claude Arkell outside his brewery
Claude Arkell and his mill pond
Brewery Manager Val Teale
Donnington has 15 country pubs popular with walkers
A calendar from 1976 showing the Donnington pubs
